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Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele recently released a composite illustration which he hopes the public can help identify. Officials believe it should resemble the suspect who violently raped a 19-year-old girl in Norristown Farm Park at gunpoint on August 1.

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 25-year-old man in North Philadelphia. It happened around 11 p.m. Saturday on the 2000 block of North Gratz Street. The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police said the man wanted for kidnapping and beating up a boy is considered to be armed and dangerous. According a police release, Luis Cortes-Rosario forced the boy into his vehicle, threatened to shoot him and punched him several times in the face.

Three teenage girls are facing felony criminal charges in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a report by KDKA. They’re accused of purposely exposing their classmate to pineapple. Police say the girls knew their classmate was allergic to the fruit when one them brought the pineapple to school, rubbed it on her hand and deliberately high-fived the girl with the allergy.

A fast-moving fire has damaged a row house in North Philadelphia. The blaze broke out after 1:30 a.m. Friday in the 2700 block of North Ringgold Street. Firefighters arrived to find the flames confined to the interior of the home.

A man has been taken to the hospital after being shot by police responding to a domestic dispute in Richland Township. According to police, officers were called to a home along Meridian Road around 6 a.m.

Reading police said this morning they are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man in a city alley as a homicide. Police were called Wednesday at noon to do a security check in an alley in the 1000 block of Chestnut Street where a man was reported to be on the ground.

Police are searching for several suspects in the shooting of a pizza delivery driver in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia. Police believe the victim was set up and that the suspects attempted to rob him. It started around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday when the victim, a 33-year-old man, attempted to deliver a pizza in the 1400 block of North Hollywood Street

Philadelphia police are searching for the suspect who shot four people including two 13 year olds. It happened around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at North 24th and Clifford streets in Germantown. Upon arrival, police found a 52-year-old man with gunshot wounds to his back. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

Action News Investigates has learned Monroeville police officers have complained for years about radio dead spots. When a shooting happened inside the Macy's store at the Monroeville Mall three years ago, officers responded quickly. But once inside the mall they could not always use their radios.

Police are investigating after a man was shot Monday evening inside the Wendy’s at the Edgewood Towne Centre shopping plaza. The shooting happened around 6:40 p.m. inside the dining area of the fast food restaurant

Police are investigating after a teenager was shot multiple times in Homewood late Sunday night. According to police, an officer heard multiple shots fired near the intersection of Kelly Street and Brushton Avenue around 11:11 p.m. The officer also observed a black male running toward Hale Street while being followed by another black male.

Shortly after 4p.m. on Sunday, Turtle Creek Police and paramedics responded to a shooting on the 559 Larimer Avenue. A male was found with a gunshot wound to the back. He was taken to the hospital for treatment in unknown condition. This is the second shooting at this location since September.

A Harrisburg man accused of trying to kill his wife’s unborn baby has been charged with attempted homicide. State Police said Ibrahim Beidari,33, vaginally inserted unknown medication into his pregnant wife with the goal of ending her pregnancy. It happened at a home along the 7300 block of Cobblestone Drive in West Hanover Township

A two-vehicle crash has shut down the southbound lanes of I-95 in South Philadelphia. The crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday near the Broad Street Exit. Police say a man in his 30s was ejected from one of the vehicles

One person was killed after a shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday, police said. Police said they were called to the scene at the intersection of Mullins and Dickson streets in Marshall-Shadeland around 4:40 p.m.

A Harrisburg man was charged Saturday morning with attempted homicide of an unborn child. State police say 33 year-old Ibrahim T. Beidari is also charged with aggravated assault of an unborn child, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person. Police were dispatched at 5:51 p.m. Friday to the Harrisburg Hospital Emergency Room for a report of domestic violence